Top-ranked Rafael Nadal put together a dominating performance Tuesday in the first round at the Australian Open while Andy Murray's first win at Rod Laver Arena was a little low key. And with the temperature touching 104 degrees in Melbourne, Serena Williams wanted her first-round match to be over just as quickly.

Two-thirds of the NBA players who brought Olympic basketball glory back to the USA by winning the gold medal at the Beijing Games this summer have let team architect Jerry Colangelo know they would like to return for 2012.